The State of Medicine Quality in the Mekong Sub-Region
| ,Annex II. Additional Data on Medicine Quality
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1This annex lists additional details of results from the medicine quality study.
Table A1: Overview of the quality of four categories of anti-microbials medicines in the region
Medicine Group |
Number of samples collected |
Number of samples that passed |
Number of samples that failed |
Percentage of failure |
ANTI-MALARIALS |
1626 |
1431 |
195 |
12.0% |
ANTIBIOTICS |
1739 |
1639 |
100 |
5.8% |
ANTI-TB |
218 |
215 |
3 |
1.4% |
ARV |
67 |
67 |
0 |
0.0% |
Table A2: Quality of anti-malarials in each country
Country |
Number of samples collected |
Number of samples that passed |
Number of samples that failed |
Percentage of failure |
Cambodia |
519 |
413 |
106 |
20.4% |
Yunnan, China |
126 |
117 |
9 |
7.1% |
Lao PDR |
282 |
253 |
29 |
10.3% |
Thailand |
276 |
255 |
21 |
7.6% |
Vietnam |
423 |
393 |
30 |
7.1% |
Total |
1626 |
1431 |
195 |
12.0% |
Table A3: Quality of antibiotics in each country
ANTIBIOTICS |
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Country |
Number of samples collected |
Number of samples that passed |
Number of samples that failed |
Percentage of failure |
Cambodia |
535 |
464 |
71 |
15.3% |
Yunnan, China |
0 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Lao PDR |
717 |
712 |
5 |
0.7% |
Thailand |
93 |
90 |
3 |
3.3% |
Vietnam |
394 |
373 |
21 |
5.6% |
Total |
1739 |
1639 |
100 |
5.8% |
Table A4: Quality of anti-TB medicines in each country
Country |
Number of samples collected |
Number of samples that passed |
Number of samples that failed |
Percentage of failure |
Cambodia |
51 |
48 |
3 |
5.9% |
Yunnan, China |
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Lao PDR |
34 |
34 |
0 |
0.0% |
Thailand |
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Vietnam |
133 |
133 |
0 |
0.0% |
Total |
218 |
215 |
3 |
1.4% |
Table A5: Quality of ARVs in each country
Country |
# samples collection |
Number of samples that passed |
Number of samples that failed |
Percentage of failure |
Cambodia |
45 |
45 |
0 |
0.0% |
China |
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Lao PDR |
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Thailand |
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Vietnam |
22 |
22 |
0 |
0 |
Total |
67 |
67 |
0 |
0.0% |
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